A few WhatsApp messages from the opposition said more than a thousand words. Cartoonist Oppenheimer encapsulated the sender in this image; the real Renske Leijten. tinyurl.com/yrt2ezj8

Listen how the Mayor of Haarlem, after receiving an apparent cue, personally phones up citizens with “mental problems” in order to have a little chat. Then, after a “sometimes difficult” consideration, he hands a verdict; the decision whether or not to have them institutionalized.

If he has doubts in particular cases and believes a person is completely sane and “another issue is at play”, he is staying on the safe side, and has him or her locked up anyway. Just to make sure that no bad individual slips through and the peace & quiet is preserved.

(KRO De Verwondering 23 okt 2022)